JPS62233880A - Sentence input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability of a sentence input device by deciding whether the priority should be changed or not when the next display of homonyms is outputted to the input reading. CONSTITUTION:When read data is inputted through a keyboard KB and a conversion indicating key is pushed, a processing part CPU inputs said read data based on a processing program stored in a program memory part PM and at the same time reads successively the homonyms corresponding to the read data out of a dictionary memory part DIC according to the contents of a priority data memory part PDM to display them on a display part DSP. A data memory part DM stores temporarily a produced document or the intermediate data needed for execution of various processes. Then an active or inactive mode of a priority changing means is indicated with input of a conversion key immediately before push of a selection key when the read data is converted into KABJI (Chinese characters) or phrases.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a sentence input device that inputs characters determined by the reading into a computer or various processing devices using a computer by inputting the reading. It is particularly suitable for use in Japanese text creation devices that create texts containing Chinese characters or texts mixed with Kanji.

[Conventional technology]

The Japanese sentence creation device, so-called Japanese language word processor, is equipped with a dictionary storage unit that stores kanji and compound words corresponding to their pronunciations, and can be read by inputting the pronunciations from a keyboard, etc.
The kanji etc. corresponding to this reading are displayed and output. This kind of
There are many homonyms for the so-called phonograms. In other words, 1. For example, ``Ashikan'' in the word ``Ashikan'' means ``institution.''

"Period 1."Trachea", "Quarterly", "Already published", "Curious 1.
There are "core", "return", etc. The Japanese word processor displays the input readings as primary output based on conversion instructions. Therefore, which of these should be displayed and output as the first input candidate is a key issue in improving the efficiency of creating a single sentence.

Therefore, conventionally, a priority order is determined based on the past usage status of the homophone (i) to determine which one is the first candidate, and characters are displayed and output based on this priority order. There are two main types of methods: one is to give priority to the last used word and the last used word or phrase is the first candidate.The other is to count the frequency of use and calculate the frequency of use. The order of priority is determined from the highest to the 11th beast.

In this way, the effectiveness of writing a single sentence will be greatly improved, and this will have a particularly great effect when applied to a Japanese word processor or the like.

In addition, as related to this type of technology, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 5
No. 1-51237, JP-A-53-4619, JP-A-5
3-! '13221, JP-A-53-56925, and JP-A-53-7132.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Based on the reading data, each homonym is selected from among multiple homonyms according to the conversion instruction based on the priority order.
A conversion means for displaying the I-order output.

The present invention includes a priority order changing means for changing the priority order of output display in the next conversion instruction based on the selection instruction of any one synonym and synonym.

This is extremely effective in improving input efficiency. However, when considering actual character input work, this method cannot be said to be effective in all cases.

For example, the user selects and instructs to select a rarely used kanji or compound word from among the selected homophones for the input pronunciation. In such a situation, if the priority order is changed, the selected item will be prioritized and output in the next conversion instruction, resulting in a problem that the operability will deteriorate. Therefore, in such a case, the priority Il! It is desirable that 11th place remain unchanged. Regarding this point only, it is not necessary to provide the above-mentioned priority order changing means from the beginning. However, in this case, the input efficiency of the Ike character decreases due to the improvement in the input efficiency of a portion of the characters, and in reality, the input efficiency decreases to 1 overall.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide a text input system in which it is possible to select whether or not to change the priority order for the next display output of homophones for the input pronunciation. It's about getting the equipment.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above object is achieved by controlling whether or not the &priority change means is activated for the homophone corresponding to the input reading data.

In other words, the present invention converts the input reading data into an IInIn output display conversion means which selects each homophone from among a plurality of homophones based on the priority according to a conversion instruction, and an arbitrary homophone selection instruction. a priority order changing means for changing the priority order of the output display in the next conversion instruction based on the above-mentioned information, a determining means for determining the presence or absence of a specific input operation for one read data; The apparatus further includes a priority holding means for controlling activation or inactivation of the priority changing means for the read data in response to the determination result.

[Effect]

When inputting characters such as kanji or compound words.

Enter the reading for the desired character, then convert instruction 1
The desired character described above is input based on the selection instruction. According to the present invention, when a specific input operation is performed on read data, the determination means determines this. Then, in response to this determination result, the priority order holding means inactivates the priority order changing means. Therefore, even if a conversion instruction is given to the input reading data and a selection instruction is given to select any character, the priority order of the homophone corresponding to the reading data will maintain the previous state.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a Japanese word processor to which the present invention is applied. KB, reading data,
This is a keyboard for inputting various commands necessary for text creation, such as a conversion command 1 selection command, etc., and is provided with various keys necessary for inputting these various commands. IOC
is a dictionary storage unit that stores kanji and compound words in correspondence with their pronunciations, and PDM is a priority data storage unit that stores data indicating the display priority of a plurality of homonyms. PM is a program storage unit that stores various processing programs constituting various processing means necessary for text processing operations. The CPU is a processing unit that primarily reads out various processing programs stored in the program storage units P to 1 and executes document creation processing based on various instructions from the keyboard KB. The DSP is a display unit that sequentially displays the process of creating eight documents on its screen. When reading data is input from the keyboard KB and the conversion instruction key is pressed, the processing unit CP
U inputs this based on the processing program stored in the program storage part PM, and at the same time reads the homophone corresponding to this reading data from the dictionary storage part DIC based on the contents of the priority data storage part PDM, This is displayed and output to the display section DSP. DM is a data storage unit that temporarily stores created documents or intermediate data necessary for performing various processes.

FIG. 4 shows the conversion means CNV and priority change means PR among various processing programs stored in the program storage part PM.
It is a flowchart which shows O. By the processing and being activated.

First, in step 4a, input from the keyboard KB is requested. In step 4b, it is determined whether or not this input is a command to select a kanji or compound word that is a homophone displayed on the display unit DSP, that is, a selection key. If the result is 1 selection key, it is determined in step 4B whether the character has already been converted into kanji. If the conversion has been completed, the process is transferred to the priority order changing means PRO shown in step 4.

Here, the selected homonyms are rearranged so that they will be at the top of the priority order in the next display output.
After that, move the process to the heavenly step. To change the priority order in this case, you can directly change the storage location of the homophone in the dictionary DIC, or, as shown in Figure 2, change only the IIEi position without changing the dictionary DIC. The stored contents of the priority order data storage unit PDM may be rewritten. Furthermore, a storage unit may be provided to register the last used word, and the ranking may be updated based on this.

In step 4b.

If the input from the keyboard KB is not a selection key, it is determined in the first step 4C whether this is a conversion command, that is, a conversion key. If you use a conversion key, processing 8 corresponding to each key is performed, such as inputting the primary reading and converting onkun. If it is a conversion key, the process moves to step 4e, and it is determined whether this is the first conversion. If it is the first conversion, from step 4 da&r, the priority data storage section P is selected from the VDIC.1) Based on the contents of M,
Search for the th homophonic sleep word. If it is the second or later conversion, the next homophone is searched for in step 4f based on the contents of the priority data storage unit PD~1. Then step 4. f or the homophone searched in step 4 is displayed on the display screen of the display unit DSP, and the process returns to step 4α to repeat one or more processes.

As described above, by inputting reading data from the keyboard KB and pressing the conversion key, the homonyms corresponding to the reading data will be displayed in order based on their priority each time the conversion key is pressed. The output is displayed on the display screen uU of the DSP. ,and.

When you select one of the displayed homophones by pressing the selection key, its ranking will be changed, and for the same reading data the first time, this selected homophone will be placed first. It will be displayed and output.

Figure 5 illustrates how the priority order of homonyms is changed. This example is.

``Specification J'' and ``Specification J'', which are homonyms for the pronunciation ``Let's try''.
Figure 5 (α
) when it looks like this.

First, how do you enter the idiom "specifications"? 45Figure 1
As shown in b>, it is necessary to press the key twice. By pressing the selection key here, the priority order change means PRO
works, and the priority order of "Shiyo" becomes as shown in Figure 5 (C). Next, to enter the idiom "use", enter the fifth
As shown in the figure, the conversion key must be pressed twice. In this way, when inputting two types of homophones alternately, it is always necessary to press the conversion key twice. Furthermore, when inputting homonyms for motto and multi(), after the sorting is done automatically, it is difficult to know in what order the idiom that you are trying to input will appear, which can lead to confusion in the input operation. However,.

If you disable the priority change means PRO.

Low-priority idioms registered in advance in the dictionary DTC? This is inconvenient when entering data repeatedly.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing one embodiment of the present invention. Here, the newly added processes compared to the one in FIG. 4 are steps 1α and 11! 1, 1c, and ld, and the other processing is the same as that in FIG. 1, so a description thereof will be omitted. The following will mainly explain the additional processing. That is, according to one embodiment, the conversion key is pressed for the first time in the determination of step 4e.

In step 1α, it is determined whether or not the conversion key has not been pressed for the second time within a certain period of time. This time is preset to a relatively short time in which continuous operation is not performed in normal operation. If the conversion key is pressed twice within this time, the rank conversion flag is set to kON at step IC. If not, the rank conversion flag is set to OFF in step 1b. The rank conversion flag is set in advance at a predetermined address in the data storage unit DM. After executing the process in step 1b, the process moves to step 4g.

After executing the process in step 1C, the process is carried out in step 1d.
Move to. In step 4g, the priority data storage unit P
In step ILi, the first priority homophone is searched based on the memory contents of DM.

A homophone with the second priority is searched based on the stored contents of the priority data storage unit PDM.

After that, after executing step 4, the process is repeated at step 4.
Return to α. For the second and subsequent conversion key inputs. As is clear from the processing in step 4C.

Without determining whether or not the input is continuous, the next homophone is sequentially searched for each time the forward conversion key is pressed by the process of step 4f, as in FIG. 1.

When the input from the keyboard KB is the 1 selection key, as described above, in step 4i, it is first determined whether the conversion has been completed, and if the conversion has been completed, the processing is transferred to the order ranking holding means PHM shown in step 1ε. In this step 1g, it is determined whether the 111th rank conversion flag is ON or OL"F. Then, if this rank conversion flag is ON, the process is moved to step 4], and the above-mentioned priority order change process is performed. Execute.

If not, that is, if the ranking conversion flag is OFF, the process moves to the next step without executing step 4.

If you do the above, when you want to select and input one homonym to I7 in the 116th priority position using the priority order change means PRO, perform the normal conversion operation, and then use the priority order change means PRO. If you want to maintain the current priority order without overloading, you can press the conversion key continuously within a predetermined period of time. In this way, you can enable or disable priority change processing with a simple operation during conversion, and it is possible to always maintain a priority order convenient for input operations, making it easier to understand the priority order. The operability can be improved.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the conversion key on the keyboard KB is set to 2.
, and each of them is a conversion ray conversion 2 key. That is, in this embodiment, the conversion 1 key is for commands to keep the priority unchanged, and the conversion 2 key is for commands to change the priority order. The feature of this embodiment is that step 4c1゜4
c2, and the rest is the same as the above-mentioned process of the step with the same symbol. The processing in this embodiment will be explained below. It is determined in step 4cl whether the input from the keyboard KB in step 4α is the conversion l key. If this is the conversion 1 key, the rank change flag is turned ON in step IC. And it has to be the conversion 1 key.

In step 4c2, it is determined whether it is the conversion 2 key.

If the input from the keyboard KB is the conversion 2 key.

In step 1b, a ranking change flag is set to 0FPK.

Thereafter, if it is the first conversion, in step 4g, the homonym with the 1st order of priority is searched, and if it is the 25th or later conversion, the 6th order homonym is searched in order. If it is determined in step 4b that it is a selection key, the process goes through step 4L and determines the priority change flag in step lε, as in the case of FIG. Determine operation.

With the above procedure, if you want to enable the 178th priority change process, you can press the conversion 1 key, and if you want to disable the priority change process, you can press the conversion 2 key. Also, according to this embodiment, the selection.

Validity or invalidity of the 11th priority change process is determined by which conversion part -- was entered one page before the key was pressed, so in addition to the one in Figure 1, while searching for homophones, Enable priority 110 change process.

This has the effect that the invalid designation can be changed.

In the above embodiment, after inputting the reading data, a specific input operation at the time of converting the reading data to a kanji or a compound word gives priority to the 111i 1st place history change means PRO.
However, kneading is not done at this point, but by a specific input operation when selecting a homophone synonym displayed on the display section 1'). good. Furthermore, this may be done by a specific input operation before inputting the reading data; in other words, by a specific input operation for one reading data, it is possible to instruct to change or not change the priority order of homonyms for the reading data. If so, it is not limited to the above (
, these are also easily changeable as required.

In addition, in zero or more embodiments, the present invention is applied to a Japanese text creation device that handles kanji characters or sentences mixed with kanji characters, but the present invention is not limited thereto; It can be applied not only to a kanji input device in a device, but also to a wide range of devices that handle sentences with ideograms and homonyms.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a text input device in which it is possible to select whether or not to change the priority order when displaying and outputting the next homophone for the input reading.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the display output priority from being rearranged inadvertently, and to maintain the priority 11r1, which is convenient for operation, at all times.

Improves operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a processing flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a Japanese text creation device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart showing another embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 4 is a processing flowchart showing a conventional example. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the priority order changing means. CNV...conversion means, PRO...priority change means. 1a, lb, 1c, 4c1, 4c2-judgment means. 1e: Priority +11fN position holding means. , °−′,

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Conversion means for sequentially outputting and displaying each homophone from among a plurality of homophones based on a priority order based on a conversion instruction for input reading data; a priority changing means for changing the priority of the output display in the next conversion instruction based on a selection instruction; a determining means for determining the presence or absence of a specific input operation for one read data; and a determination result of the determining means. a priority order holding means for controlling activation or inactivation of the priority order changing means for the reading data in response to the reading data. 2. The text input device according to claim 1, wherein the determining means determines whether a specific input operation has been performed a plurality of times in a row within a predetermined time. 3. The text input device according to claim 2, wherein the specific input operation is a conversion instruction. 4. The text input device according to claim 2, wherein the specific input operation is a selection instruction. 5. The text input device according to claim 1, wherein the determining means makes the determination based on the presence or absence of predetermined data. 6. Claim 1, characterized in that the priority order changing means sets the last selected homophone in the first order.
Text input device described in section. 7. The text input device according to claim 1, wherein the priority order changing means determines the priority order based on frequency of use in the past.